From Willie Nelson’s pigtails to John Lennon’s tooth, not all rock memorabilia directly relates to music. Online auction house Paddle8 has listed Frank Sinatra’s 1944 driver’s licence and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s credit card among items in its Legendary: Memorabilia from Rock Gods to Pop Stars auction.
The auction opened online on 17 February and ends on 26 February. Other items headed under the hammer include a handwritten U2 setlist from 1983, expected to pull in between £2,500 ($4,000) and £3,800 ($6,000), a signed Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin record, a signed copy of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and concert posters for the likes of James Brown, Frank Zappa, the Beatles and Johnny Cash.
One of the newer items in the listing is a Mickey Mouse T-shirt, signed by members of the Mickey Mouse Club including Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake. The T-shirt is expected to sell for between £3,800 ($6,000) and £5,100 ($8,000) – those feeling flush are able to start bidding at a £3,100 ($4,800) reserve price.
Paddle8 is also the auction house tipped to handle the sale of rap collective the Wu-Tang Clan’s single-copy album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.
